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PRODUCTION 



Sect. XVI. 2. 2. 



lias been fertilized by the air and rains, and dews of winter. Sec 

 Tull's Hufbanciry, Ch. IXc and Se^. XII. 5. of this work. 



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Mr. Coke of Holkham in Norfolk afTured me, that in thirteen years 

 experience on a farm of 3000 acres he had found the drill hufbandry 

 in that country greatly fuperlor to fowing feeds of all forts by the 

 hand in what is termed the broad-caft method, but differs in the 

 number and arrangement of his rows from the method of Mr.Tull ia 

 the following circumftances. 



Mr. TuU drilled two rpws of feed a few inches from each other,, 

 and then left a fpace of two or three feet, and then drilled two more 

 rows near each other, for the purpofe of paffing a hoe between each 

 double row drawn by a horfe, which was therefore termed a horfe- 

 hoe ; but Mr. Coke drills all his rows of wheat and of peas nine inches 

 from each other, and thofe of barley fix inches and three quarters 

 from each other ; this is performed by a drill plough made by the 

 Rev. Mr. Cook, which drills fix rows at a time, and thus fows an 



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quantity of feed confumed is about fix or feven pecks to an acre, 

 which is about half what is ufed in the fowing by the hand in the 

 broad-cafl: method. 



Early in March Mr. Coke ufes the hand-hoe, which for hoeing 

 the rows of wheat and of peas is about fix inches wide, and for hoe- 

 ing thofe of barley about four inches wide. By this hoe the furface 



acre of land in an hour, and is drawn by a fingle horfi 



ly turned 



d the weeds between the rows rooted up 



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them 



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but it is alfo accumulated about the roots of the growing corn, ar 

 covers and confequently defi:roys the low growth of poppies amongft 



; which are a very frequent weed in that part of the country. 



A fecond hoeing is performed about the m.iddle of May, and the foil 



IS again not only cleared from weeds but accumulated againft the 



rifing corn, each of which hoeings cofl about twenty-pence an acre. 



Neverthelefs 1 am informed, that fome attentive agricultors ufe the 



horfe-hoe belonging to Mr. Cook's drill-machine, though the rows 



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